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US 2010/0133711 A1Published application
Method of forming a dental article
AssigneeIvoclar Vivadent AG
InventorsDmitri G. Brodkin, Anna B. Verano
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Abstract
A method of making a dental article including a pressable body possessing a flexural strength of at least 125 MPa and flowable at about 850° C. to about 950° C. The body is composed of at least a glass matrix phase having a composition comprising Li2O and MgO.
Claims15
A method of forming a dental article, the method comprising:
- (a) forming a first member from a ceramic;
- (b) forming a pressable body from an overlay material comprising a flexural strength of at least 125 MPa;
- and at least a glass matrix phase having a composition comprising Li2O and MgO;
- (c) heating the body to a temperature of about 850° C. to about 950° C. and pressing the body, thereby causing the overlay to flow onto the first member.
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